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It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

Epicurus

Death is nothing to us, because a body that has been dispersed into elements experiences no sensations, and the absence of sensation is nothing to us.
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Absence Death Element Sensation
When you die, your mind will be gone even faster than your body.
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Body Death Die Mind
Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.
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Friendship Happiness Important Life
Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.
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Enough Greedy Little Man Satisfaction
The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.
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Fear Fools Future Gratitude Life
If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all humankind would quickly perish since they constantly pray for many evils to befall one another.
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Constant Evil God Human Listen Men Perish Prayer
The time when you should most of all withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd.
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Crowd Force Time Withdraw Yourself
He who least needs tomorrow, will most gladly greet tomorrow.
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Deep Future Greet Inspirational
He who has peace of mind disturbs neither himself nor another.
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Deep Disturb Himself Mind Peace
Foolish is the man who says that he fears death, not because it will cause pain when it arrives but because anticipation of it is painful.
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Anticipation Arrive Cause Death Fear Fools Man Pain
I have never wished to cater to the crowd; for what I know they do not approve, and what they approve I do not know.
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Approve Be Yourself Crowd
It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.
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Couch Fear Freedom Gold Inspirational Rich Table Trouble
You don’t develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
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Adversity Challenge Courage Development Happiness Hard Time Relationship Survival
All friendship is desirable in itself, though it starts from the need of help.
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Desire Friendship Help Need Start
If a little is not enough for you, nothing is.
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Enough Little Minimalism One Liner Satisfaction
The most important consequence of self-sufficiency is freedom.
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Consequence Freedom Sufficient

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

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